gentility

音标[dʒen'tiliti] 读音

汉语翻译

n. 出身高贵, 绅士们, 上流阶层, 斯文, 有教养, 彬彬有礼, 文雅, 装体面, 假斯文

英语解释:

名词 gentility:

  1. elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
    同义词:breeding, genteelness

例句:

  1. Fashion is gentility running away from vulgarity, and afraid of being overtake.
    时髦,是逃亡自庸俗而又惟恐被?上的假斯文。
  2. His gentility is purely made up.
    他的文雅都是装出来的。

详细解释:


gen.til.i.ty

n.(名词)
The quality of being well-mannered; refinement.
优雅:举止优雅的品质;优雅
The condition of being born to the gentry.
高贵出身:出身于贵族的状况
Persons of high social standing considered as a group.
上流社会:作为一个整体的上层社会的成员
An attempt to convey or maintain the appearance of refinement and elegance.
假派头:试图表达或保持优雅和得体的外表的努力

来源:
Middle English gentilete [nobility of birth]
中古英语 gentilete [出身高贵]
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin gentolit3s
源自 拉丁语 gentolit3s
from gentolis [of the same clan] * see gentle
源自 gentolis [同一部族的] *参见 gentle


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